What Is a Guitar Preamp?

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Tip 1 - How do preamps and power amps compliment/replace guitar amplifier heads and combos?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by John Kristobak | permalink

I see rack mounted power amps and preamps, mainly for large venues. But I don't know exactly what they do. I know a preamp can be used to boost a microphone signal for a soundcard, but I don't know

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Tip 2 - What does a preamplifier pedal do?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Marcel van de Gender | permalink

I've seen a lot of people using a preamplifier pedal. What does that pedal do? Do I need one on my pedalboard?

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Tip 3 - What Is a Guitar Preamp? | eHow

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mateo Budinich | permalink

Preamps help guitar amplifiers make the sound they do by boosting the original signal from the guitar before it reaches the main tubes and power of the amplifier. The main use for this, as musicians discovered, was to add distortion and feedback to the signal going into the amp itself. This is a great help to guitarists who need heavy distortion at...

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